Happy First Day of School!
New pencils, new teachers, maybe a new school.
It's a big day for all. I wish all of you the best of luck and success for your child's(ren) school year.
For those new kindergarten parents, it's going to be okay. For those new middle school parents, good luck. For those new high school parents, tick tock, time passes more quickly than you think.
Don't be afraid to be an advocate for your child. There really is no one who will support your child as much as you will. Don't say "my kid, right or wrong" but also don't believe your child is wrong because someone else tells you so. I always remember what Greg Imel, our principal at Whittier, said, "I'll only believe half of what your child says about you if you only believe half of what your child says about me."
There is a sea change from elementary to middle school in terms of how you deal with teachers. Some of it is having more teachers, some of it is that those teachers have more children than an elementary school teacher,
It's a big day for all. I wish all of you the best of luck and success for your child's(ren) school year.
For those new kindergarten parents, it's going to be okay. For those new middle school parents, good luck. For those new high school parents, tick tock, time passes more quickly than you think.
Don't be afraid to be an advocate for your child. There really is no one who will support your child as much as you will. Don't say "my kid, right or wrong" but also don't believe your child is wrong because someone else tells you so. I always remember what Greg Imel, our principal at Whittier, said, "I'll only believe half of what your child says about you if you only believe half of what your child says about me."
There is a sea change from elementary to middle school in terms of how you deal with teachers. Some of it is having more teachers, some of it is that those teachers have more children than an elementary school teacher,